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Annual symposium drives innovative research between CIRM-HSCI scientists The organizers of this year’s Harvard Stem Cell Institute/ California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Junior Faculty Symposium knew that it was time to rebrand. The 40 regulars...
Florida fishing tournament raises money for childhood cancer research
Funds will help support pediatric leukemia work led by HSCI’s David Langenau, PhD A Palmetto Bay, Florida, private school transformed its annual fishing tournament into a fundraiser for childhood cancer research at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI)...
Art student collaborates with HSCI lab on Stem Cell Reports cover art
PNCA illustration major Anna Lensch forges ongoing artistic partnership with Daley Lab An illustration by Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) sophomore Anna Lensch was selected to be the cover art for the November issue of Stem Cell Reports, a...
Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PHD, elected to Institute of Medicine
HSCI Principal Faculty member at BIDMC receives high honor Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD, Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman of the Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Department of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and a Principal Faculty member...
Two HSCI-affiliated scientists receive American Cancer Society awards
HSCI Affiliated Faculty members Xi He, PhD and Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD, will receive prestigious American Cancer Society Research Professor Awards. The awards go into effect January 1, 2015. Dr. He is an internationally recognized leader in the field of...
Harvard University President Drew Faust takes ALS ice bucket challenge
President Drew Faust accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and is doused by Harvard’s ALS research team, led by Harvard Stem Cell Institute Principal Faculty member Kevin Eggan, PhD. She nominates MIT president Rafael Reif, UMass Boston Chancellor Keith...
Harvard/MGH scientist receives $2.75 million to study neurogenesis and fear
Neurobiologist Amar Sahay, PhD, has been awarded a $2.75 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to explore how the brain curbs fear, with the goal of developing new therapeutic strategies to help people with generalized anxiety...
JDRF RFA on developing and testing glucose-responsive insulin
LOI Deadline July 11 JDRF requests letters of intent for: Glucose responsive insulin discovery and validation PURPOSE: JDRF, the world’s leading non-profit organization with the mission to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes (T1D), invites Letters of...
Support stem cell research - Watch a music video
In 2009, musician Neil Brewer and his bandmates released Neil Brewer and Friends are Back in School, a collection of ten kid-friendly tunes that recall the joy--and challenges--of, for example, waiting at the bus stop or participating in group sports. All...
HSCI/Children's researcher wins prestigious Bayer Hemophilia Award
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Affiliated Faculty member Juan Melero-Martin, PhD, at Boston Children's Hospital is one of the 2014 grant recipients of the Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program (BHAP), a unique initiative dedicated to supporting innovative research...
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